Table 2. Least squares analysis of variance for factors affecting body weight at birth (BW), body weight at one month (BW4), body weight at two months (BW8) and weaning weight (BW12) for the four breed groups of sheep

Sources of variations	df	F-values
		BW	BW4	BW8	BW12
Between rams	41	1.46**	1.47**	1.97**	2.62**
Between breed groups	3	2.60*	1.82*	4.75**	7.07**
Betweeen sex	1	5.50**	5.23**	3.35**	3.68**
Between type of birth	2	24.47**	9.40**	7.72**	7.92**
Between month of birth	11	1.23*	8.25**	5.23**	4.56**
Between year of birth	7	0.77*	2.7**	2.76**	2.64**
Error	585	0.184	8.110	11.250	14.100

p < 0.05,
p < 0.01.